Every
month there is a blizzard of information contained in the emails and
newsletters that cross my desk on their way to AutomatedBuildings.com.
Some of this information is not in the form of any type of content we
can publish but I feel I should share with you these snippets, blog
bits, and url links that are about to fall off my desktop.

Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC)
was launched by six companies, including Dell, Intel and again –
Samsung. The OIC states it aims to focus on “improving interoperability
and defining the connectivity requirements for the billions of devices
that will make up the Internet of Things.”

Visible Light Communication By Craig DiLouie, on July 23, 2014 Visible
light communication (VLC) is a wireless method that uses light emitted
by LEDs to deliver networked, mobile, high-speed communication similar
to Wi-Fi, leading to the term Li-Fi. It can be used as standalone
solution or in a supplementary role to radio-frequency (RF) or cellular
network communication.

The Reliable Controls Headquarters Annex is
the most recent success story to provide inspiration to the BACnet
community. Reliable Controls, a BACnet International Gold Member,
designed their headquarters to be a naturally ventilated LEED Platinum
targeted facility that operates using 50% less energy than the ASHRAE
90.1(1999) standard

Solutions for Expanding the Number of I/O Points in the Field Contemporary
Controls now offers BACnet MS/TP and Modbus RTU input and output
modules to provide a convenient way for expanding the number of I/O
points in the field. These modules, called "Cube I/O", are compact,
cost-effective modules available with analog and digital inputs and
outputs in varying combinations.

The risk of not changing has exceede the risk of changing Mike Welch Co-founder, Control Network Solutions Ltd This
message to building owners, developers, managers and users is a must
read great article by Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison, co-founders and
principles of Intelligent Buildings, LLC

The Building Automation-ization of Consumer IoT
Headlines this month alerted the building automation and controls
community to two battles set to rock our world: EPA Energy Star’s
‘Battle of the Buildings’ and the IT Industry’s “Battle of the Internet
of Things (IoT) Standards.” Participants in the first battle are
open to leveraging any new IoT concepts that might serve to save energy.

littleBits announced the cloudBitTM,
a new dimension to the littleBits library that lets you “snap the
internet to anything” and turn any object into an internet-connected
device - no soldering, wiring or programming required

the first W3C Workshop on the Web of Things took place in Berlin, to "examine
the potential for open standards as a basis for services […] discuss
the use of web protocols and scripting languages for implementing
services, […] a shared approach to describing services as a basis for
interoperability [...] use of HTTP/COAP, Web Sockets, and EXI/JSON for
RESTful services." (http://www.w3.org/2014/02/wot/)

The Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Smart Home Market Set To Explode In Coming Years According To NextMarket "The
DIY smart home is becoming a 'hits-driven' business," says Wolf.
"Products like the Nest thermostat, Kevo smart lock and Dropcam are
raising awareness and offer entry points to the smart home for the
consumer. We believe new initiatives such as Apple's HomeKit and
the new 'Works With Nest' initiative from Google/Nest will create
additional momentum for the consumer-managed smart home over time."

Maker Camp (from Google+ and MAKE Magazine)
is back for the third annual six-week virtual summer camp for quirky
tinkering, building and exploring fun STEM projects. Everyday at 11am
PT/2pm ET until August 15, millions of folks around the world will hang
out live on Maker Camp’s Google+ page for 30 DIY projects (think
building glowing bikes, stroboscopes, and taking field trips to NASA,
Lego and Cartoon Network studios).

Published on Feb 21, 2013
"Do you think, an orchid will ever be able to tell its story? Do you
think, it is possible to teach traffic to speak? Do you think, a car
can call an ambulance faster than a phone? Can you imagine an ambulance
that gathers critical patient information before arriving at the
hospital?"

Hi Ken, Re: interactive content.
I'm starting on ground that feels a little more solid for our industry
(Linked-in) How could Slideshare (a LinkedIn property) be better
leveraged. I put this up yesterday:
http://www.slideshare.net/ThereseSullivan1/c-cx-fdd3ppt

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Tutorial videos for Users of EnOcean based
products and solutions, such as installers, specifiers, facility
managers and system integrtors. Leading companies worldwide from the
building sector collected to form the EnOcean Alliance and establish
innovative automation solutions for sustainable building projects --
and so to make buildings more energy-efficient, more flexible and lower
in cost

The Next LED Revolution is Control By Craig DiLouie, on July 7, 2014 With
efficacy and service life steadily increasing and costs declining by
about 18 percent each year (Memoori, 2014), the LED revolution
continues to develop at a rapid pace. LED’s inherent compatibility with
digital control, aided by other trends, is setting the stage for the
next LED revolution: smart lighting control.

10 Reasons to use the S4 Open : BACnet-N2 Router for Enhancing and Extending Metasys Installations Johnson
Controls Authorized Building Control Specialist (ABCS) partners were
originally one of the organizations whose needs we targeted when we
developed the original S4 Open Appliances. While the Facility Explorer
product meets many of the integration requirements for the ABCS, there
remain some significant needs that are not being met, especially as
projects get larger and more complicated. With the introduction of
cloud-based applications like analytics, continuous commissioning,
energy monitoring and management, there is a new desire to provide an
on-site agent to access the data in MetasysŪ systems - without
disturbing the day to day operation of the MetasysŪ system.

SQL Commands that Pimp Out Your BAS! In
my previous article I discussed the fundamentals of SQL and provided an
overview of SELECT, the first of the four main SQL commands. In this
article, I will cover some beginner/intermediate topics

June 30, 2014 – American Auto-Matrix was acquired by Cylon Energy Inc.,
a subsidiary of Cylon Controls Ltd., based in Manchester, New
Hampshire. Cylon Controls is one of the largest independent control
manufacturers in Europe and a leading developer of energy management
systems with a global distribution network. The acquisition marks over
60 combined years of technological development and product
implementation

Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Grand Challenge
is to spearhead an industry-wide initiative to accelerate the adoption
of breakthrough technologies and products that will contribute to the
growth and evolution of the Internet of Things. This global open
competition aims to recognize, promote and reward innovators,
entrepreneurs and early-stage startup businesses that can help us
transform businesses and industries by re-inventing business processes,
operational efficiencies and customer service innovations

Air Hippo for Alerton Access Pipeline.
Get your Alerton sites into SkySpark in less than 1 hour. Air hippo
pushes data out so you don't have to worry about ip configuration
etc. Air hippo is a data push framework that can grab data from
anywhere and can push data to SkySpark. Currently we have Alerton
Access database and CSV files are implemented.

Your One Stop Shop for old BMS Controls
Do you have a Building Management System that's been giving you great
service for many years? If it's now a discontinued Building Management
System, it can be very difficult to find the spare parts that you need.
Leading manufacturers of BMS systems such as Trend, Satchwell and Allen
Martin may not have the obsolete BMS parts that you need, and they also
may prefer to deal with large companies and ones who already have
accounts with them so it maybe impossible to deal direct with the
manufactures.

International Systems of America has been around a long while
— and always sold lots of new and reconditioned parts; always served as
a premiere testing and repair center; and always provided customized
service and maintenance contracts in all 50 States and Canada for the
past 25 years. The HVAC world just didn’t know it! Fact is, ISA is a
growing entity with satellite and branch offices at five other
locations across the USA, as it continues to do an increasing amount of
heavy lifting for Fortune 500 companies that tacitly require their
support, but the word is getting out — and many other business
opportunities are aligning.